On NATO’s 75th anniversary, the world’s most powerful military alliance announced that its 32 members will spend $1.47 trillion a year. As early as 2006, defense ministers agreed to commit a minimum of 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to defense spending.<\/p>\n
Currently, two thirds of its members (23 out of 32), including Albania, have fulfilled this commitment.
\nAccording to data from NATO, our country ranks 20th on the list and spends 2.3% of gross domestic product, i.e. 25.43 billion dollars. It then budgets 516 billion dollars in the annual defense costs of NATO countries.<\/p>\n
The United States remains the world’s largest military spender by far. In dollar terms, the US represents about two-thirds of the annual defense spending of NATO countries, budgeting about 967 billion dollars.<\/p>\n
After America, the top four spenders are Germany ($97.7 billion), Great Britain ($82.1 billion), France ($64.3 billion) and Poland ($34.9 billion).<\/p>\n
From these expenses, NATO pledged to provide Kiev with at least 43 billion dollars in military aid and is expected to open a path of no return to Ukraine’s membership in this alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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